Today's version of The Black Slate deals with the NAACP of course. To be honest, I wanted to deal with Pell Grants, but I will get to that next time around. A news event like this is where the rubber meets the road if you're black, write a column on black politics, and publish that column on a website that speaks to black issues.
So even though to be honest I think jacking Mfume (if he indeed got jacked) is a non-issue, I had to write about it. For another take, you can read Star Parker's version (thanks to cn). Or you can read Jelani's version. I probably should've known Jelani was going to deal with it.
I got word today that a good friend of mine got jacked in a professional deal that should've been a slam dunk. I can't say much more without divulging private details. But it's becoming clearer and clearer to me that in order for us to move forward some of us are going to have to move "backward". And some of that entails taking over moribund organizations like the NAACP. A lot of folks are going to get hurt in that battle--people who can't get props from any other place.
The Africana article is doubled up. You might want to fix that.
Posted by: P6 at December 7, 2004 10:07 PM